Tag: Magpie
Good morning, Mr. Magpie
Good morning, Mr. Magpie, originally uploaded by lemasney.
The artist wrote,
This is a Radiohead lyric from their new album King of Limbs. The song is Morning, Mr. Magpie. The lyric, which I messed up in the screencast but fixed in the sketch, is
“Good morning Mr. Magpie/
How are we today/
Now you stole away all the magic/
took my [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under art, ASCII Art, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvids, Cover art, Crow, Crow art, crows, Magpie.
Tags: crow art, Magpie, magpie art, magpie words, Mr. Magpie, Radiohead
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Magpie, the folk band
Staying with the musical theme this week, I decided to look up bands with corvid-related names and came across a lovely folk duo, Magpie with Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino. I am a big fan of folk and indie music. So let me share Magpie with you.
Play one song here (click the little triangle below)
The [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 under art, corvid, Corvid Art, corvid song, Corvids, Crow, crow music, crows, Magpie, music, music about crows, Music about magpies, music and crows.
Tags: corvid music, folk band, Magpie, magpie music, music about magpies, music and magpies
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A Crow by any other name
Crow – Kråke
Pronounciation with an extra syllable – Kråkerøy:
http://forvo.com/word/kr%C3%A5ker%C3%B8y/
Magpie – Skjære
This one is kjære – but he pronounces it wrong so it comes close to skjære
http://forvo.com/word/kj%C3%A6re/
Raven – Ravn
An american tries to pronounce navn, he doesn’t quite get it, but its close. The r is pronounced with the tongue at the front [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under crows, Kråke, Kråkerøy, Magpie, name origin, names, Norwegian, Raven, ravens, Ravn, Skjære.
Tags: corvids in norwegian, Crow, english, how do you say crow in Norwegian?, How do you say magpie in Norwegian?, How do you say raven in Norwegian?, Kråke, Magpie, Norwegian, Raven, Ravn, Skjære
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Originally uploaded by ConstantineD
The Black-billed Magpie is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America, from Central Western British Columbia to Southern Manitoba, Kansas, and Nevada. There is also a separate population in Southern Alaska.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-billed_Magpie
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Black-billed Magpie, corvid, crows, Magpie, Pica hudsonia.
Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Blackbilled magpie, Central Western British Columbia, corvid, Kansas, Magpie, Nevada, Pica hudsonia, Southern Alaska, Southern Manitoba
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Magpie (pica pica) Rhymes
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told.
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One for sorrow
Two for mirth
Three for a wedding
Four for a birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven you’ll see the de’il himsel’
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One for sorrow, two for joy;
Three for a girl, four for a boy;
Five for silver, [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2009 under legend, Magpie, Magpie nursery rhyme, Magpie Rhyme, nursery rhymes, nursery rhymes about magpies, Pica pica, play, playing, rhymes, songs about crows, songs about magpies.
Tags: Magpie, Magpie nursery rhyme, Magpie Rhyme, magpies, nursery rhyme about magpies, nursery rhymes about magpies
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Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) 01, Wayfarer Retreat, Vijaypur – 29.10.07
Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) 01, Wayfarer Retreat, Vijaypur – 29.10.07
Originally uploaded by Candle Tree – This too shall pass
Isn’t this a beautiful bird? This is a “Red-Billed Blue Magpie” and it is in the Corvidae family. Here is what the photographer had to say about this bird:
The Red-billed Blue Magpie is a species of [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under Corvidae, Corvids, Flickr, Magpie, Mountainous country, Photograph, Pictures, Range, Red-Billed Blue Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha.
Tags: corvid, Corvidae, Magpie, Mountainous country, predominantly hilly, Red-Billed Blue Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
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Magpie ‘can recognise reflection’
Scientists discover magpies can recognize themselves. When in front of a mirror, magpies recognize what they look like, that it is themselves they are looking at and when something is off (or as it were, on them).
read more | digg story
Posted: September 26th, 2008 under intelligence, Magpie, News, Self-Aware, self-recognition.
Tags: Intelligent, Magpie, News, science, Self-Aware, self-recognition
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